Syrian chemical gas survivor rebukes Hillary Clinton’s claims, praises Trump, recent strikes
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin on Newsroom seemed shocked by her guest, Kassem Eid, a 2013 chemical weapons attack survivor, and his praise of Donald Trump and the attacks on Islamic State. Eid even refuted the claims by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Trump was hypocritical because of his refugee stance against Syrian migration. BROOKE More...
Jeff Flake on Syrian missile strike, Gorsuch filibuster and the refugee crisis
Talking with NPR’s Scott Simon, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake discussed the recent attacks against Syrian chemical weapons depots, the rebels and how the Trump administration should interact with Congress. Later More...
California Rep Barbara Lee speaks out against Syrian air strikes
Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s released the following statement on last night’s military strikes against the Syrian government: “The US strikes in Syria last night, conducted without Congressional authorization, More...
Rex Tillerson: Syria’s chemical attack proves that Russia failed
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attacked Russia, saying it had failed to prevent Syria from carrying out a chemical attack on a rebel-held town last week. Speaking on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” More...
Trump’s immigration order removes Iraq from banned Muslim nations, Christians from preferred status
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday replacing his controversial immigration and border executive order signed after taking office. This new order evokes a strong block against travel from six Muslim More...
EU Cracks down on refugee crisis, blocking new asylum seekers, deporting others
While German chancellor Angela Merkel warned against imposing a “general suspicion” on all Muslims and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that welcoming refugees was “a duty of solidarity,” More...
Netherlands’ Geert Wilders praises Trump on immigration, ‘would do the same’ calls for addition of Saudis
Party for Freedom politician Geert Wilders in Netherlands praised Donald Trump for his immigration Executive Order and expressed hope that “you’ll add more Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia soon.” In More...
New Jersey’s Chris Smith, Syrian Christian refugee set to join Open Doors USA for 2017 World Watch List of countries dangerous for Christians
On Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 9 a.m. ET at the National Press Club in Washington, Open Doors USA will announce its 2017 World Watch List, a ranking of the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous and difficult to More...
Germany: over 900 human trafficking arrests in 2016, mostly on Austrian border
Welt am Sonntag cited Germany’s Interior Ministry data listing 900 human traffickers detained during 2016, mostly on the border with Austria. Most of the smugglers, 481, were caught on the Austrian border More...
Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘Xenophobia’
With its 2016 word of the year, Dictionary.com has landed on one word to summarize the general mood of much of the world this year: “xenophobia,” the “fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, More...
